Display-rack.



R. S. FORD. DISPLAY RACK. APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1911.

Patented A t. 23, 1912.

rnr orricn RAYMOND S. FORD, OF CUBA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO LILLIE F.BATES, OF CUBA, NEW YORK.

DISPLAY-BACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

Application filed April 6, 1911. Serial No. 619,234.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAYMOND S. FORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cuba, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in displaystands designed primarily for the holding and dis play of rolls ofoilcloth or like material, and it has for its object among others toprovide a simple and improved eflicient display rack or stand designedfor holding a plurality of rolls of oilcloth'; linoleum or othermaterial,with means adapted to facilitate the unrolling or rolling up ofthe material and also having provision for compensation for rolls ofvarying diameters or for the varying diameter of any roll as thematerial is removed therefrom.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appearand the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

The invention is capable of embodiment in a variety of forms, some onlyof which are herein illustrated.

The invention as embodied in such forms is clearly illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference markedthereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of the improved display rack or stand showing two rollsof material thereon. Fig. 2 is a per spective detail showing on anenlarged scale one of the forms of adjustable support for the roller.Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section as on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4:is a perspective view, with a portion broken away, of one of theadjustable slides and its affixing screw.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the differentviews.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. l illustrates the device complete as setup for use, in which 1, 1 are the base members from. which rise thevertical standards or posts 2, being four in number. The base may be ofany desired form of construction and the standards or posts 2 may be ofany desired height and adapted to support any required number of rolls.In the present instance,

T have chosen to show the stand as proone near each end of each bar 3.Each slide comprises a vertical portion, a horizontal portion 6extendlng over the top of the bar and a downwardly inclinded portion orflange 7, as seen best in Fig. 3 where the slide embraces two sides ofthe bar and displacement transversely of the length of the bar isprevented. The vertical portion of each slide has an opening 8 for thereception of a pintle 9 of a roller 10 and said vertical portion isfurther provided with an opening 11 for the passage of a bolt 12, thehead 13 of which bears against the outer face of the slide, while uponthe inner end and bearing against the inner face of the bar 3 is a nut14, as shown in Fig. 3, the said bolt passing through the slot 4 of thebar 3. It will thus be seen that the roller 10 is adjustably mounted,its shaft or pint-1e being supported in the opening 8 of said slide andthe bolt 12 passing through the vertical portion of the slide, andthrough the slot 4 in the bar 3 and held by the nut 14, wherebyloosening of the nut permits of ready adjustment of the slide and whenthe latter has been adjusted to the desired position, tightening of thenut serves to firmly hold it thus adjusted.

Mounted for coiiperation with each roller 10 is a roller 15, as seen inFig. 1, said roller being suitable mounted in the ends of the bars 3 andthe shaft or pint-1e of this roller 15 is extended at one end andprovided with a handle 16 whereby the same may be turned in eitherdirection as occasion may require.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptionwhen taken in connection with the annexed drawings. A roll 17 ofoilcloth, linoleum or other material is placed upon the stand, theroller 10 being adjusted to or from the roller 15, according to thediameter of the roll 17, so that the said roll 17 of material will bearupon the rollers 10 and 15. When thus mounted, turning of the handle 16will serve to unroll the oilcloth or other material from the roll 17,and a revolution of the roller 15 in the opposite direction will serveto roll up such material when desired. If a larger or smaller roll 17 isto be exhibited, the roller 10 is adjusted to or from the roller 15according to the diameter of the roll 17. It

will also be evident that as the material is sold or removed from theroll 17, and, consequently, the diameter thereof decreases, the roll 10can be adjusted toward the roll 15 the requisite distance so as toproperly support the roll 17 What is claimed as new is 1. In a displayrack the combination with a base of a series of standards risingtherefrom, a series of horizontal bars supported in pairs on saidstandards, all of said bars having longitudinally disposed slotsadjacent to the ends thereof, slides mounted on the horizontal bars atthe end portions thereof, each of said slides comprising a verticalportion disposed over one side of said slot and having an opening forthe reception of the pintle of a roller and an additional opening forthe passage of a bolt, a horizontal portion embracing the top portion ofthe bar, and a downwardly extending flange embracing the opposite sideof the bar from that having the opening, a roller having a pintlemounted in one of said openings, a securing bolt passing through theother opening and through the slot, and a nut upon the opposite end ofsaid bolt for clamping the parts in adjusted position.

2. In a display rack the combination with a frame, including a pair ofparallel bars having longitudinal slots adjacent to the ends thereof,angular slides mounted at the slotted end portions of the bars, eachslidehaving a depending flange, said slides each also having a pluralityof openings therein, a roller having a pintle at each end adapted toextend into the alining opening of the adjacent slide, and meansextending through a second opening of each slide for holding said slidein adjusted position on the bar.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

RAYMOND S. FORD. Witnesses;

HOMER D. BLISS, LILLIE F. BATES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0."

